An upcoming workshop aims to engage key agricultural industry stakeholders to address many of the important risk, policy, and community-related issues with new digital farming technologies like robots, autonomous field equipment, and other labor-saving devices. The Safety for Emerging Robotics and Autonomous Agriculture (SAFER AG) workshop will be held November 9-10. The conference is being hosted by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other industry, university, and government partners.
Participants will develop future research recommendations on agricultural autonomous robotics on issues such as safety, insurability, regulation and policy, and required workforce skills. The organizers are encouraging broad participation from industry, farmers, ranchers, researchers, government, and extension personnel to help develop recommendations.
Dr. Salah Issa, PhD, assistant professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Agricultural & Biological Engineering Department, will host the workshop along with John Shutske, UW-Madison Department of Biological Systems Engineering professor and extension specialist. They will share research programs in agricultural automation and related safety needs.
The event will feature experts from equipment companies and specialists who focus on injury and safety as well as those who will speak about how newly adopted agricultural technologies might impact community systems. The workshop includes a full-day working session to identify needs and barriers.
For more information or to register, go to: https://go.illinois.edu/SAFERAG
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